Answer Key: Quizzes
Quiz: Action Verbs
1.) What is a verb?
Verbs are action words that describe what the subject of the sentence is doing.
2.) Give two examples of action verbs.
a.) Running
b.) Sleeping
*Answers may vary.
Underline the action verb in the following sentences:
Miss. Johnson is cleaning the classroom.
Michael is playing baseball.
My brother runs very fast!
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Quiz: Helping Verbs
1.) Does every sentence have a helping verb? No
2.) List four helping verbs:
a.) was
b.) is
c.) should
d.) may
*Other answers: might, must, be, being, been, am , are, were, do, does, did, could, would, have, had, has, will, can, shall
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Quiz: Active and Passive
1.) Does an active voice perform the action of the verb?
Yes
2.) Does the subject in the passive voice receive the action of the verb?
Yes
3.) Active or Passive?
a.) The cats climbed the curtains. Active
b.) The skater was slammed into the wall by Maria. Passive